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The World Bank has approved $225 mn loan to support a reform programme to achieve rapid poverty reduction in Orissa.

Oscar Pereiro, who finished second in the Tour de France, would be declared the winner if Landis loses the title.

Steve McClaren began as England boss by pledging a clean break with the era of his former boss Sven-Goran Eriksson.

Vatika Group has secured the government's nod for a Rs 21-billion IT park as a special economic zone (SEZ) in Jaipur.

A number of technology, banking and PSU stocks moved higher on the back of robust earnings growth.

Finance Minister P Chidambaram ruled out increasing rate of interest on small savings and provident fund.

A man wearing no shoes or shirt and carrying no identification tried to climb over White House fence.

Nepal is now poised for another radical change that allows for a Queen on the throne – provided the monarchy survives.

CBI has chargesheeted former Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa in a 1992 corruption case.

A retired income tax officer and his ailing wife were found murdered at their residence in a posh Central Delhi locality.

Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee said LeT is planning to carry out some strikes on nuclear infrastructure.

Jagmohan Dalmiya threw the gauntlet at the BCCI, asserting that its efforts to malign him won't go unchallenged.

The mission is considered the most dangerous and challenging in the Western alliance's 57-year history.

HIV and AIDS infections have shown a sharp rise in Jammu and Kashmir, reports Grassroots Features.

When author Abha Dawesar began work on her third novel, she chose Paris as her setting.

The government claims that the sex ratio of 819 girls per 1,000 males in the 0-six years age group has improved.